https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Publish-only-visible-Layers-in-a-Linked-Xref-drawing/m-p/305443#M38963 <P>As a continuation from my last post, I have also a problem with layers in a published DWG. Or to be more specific, when I publish a layout as a DWG with the Drawings as an xref (Place Drawing into: Linked Xref drawings).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Normally, the DWG Translator allows me to publish only the visible layers, but it does not seem to be affecting the drawings that are published as xrefs in a DWG. Not the external drawings, but the "internal" drawings from the same Archicad file. Archicad just publishes all the layers in these DWGs. The DWG with the Layout/Paper space has no problems stripping the unused/hidden layers.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is the only option to open each such "xref" DWG separately and manually purge unused layers or is there some hidden setting in the Translator that I've missed?</P> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:58:02 GMT martin-b 2021-09-09T12:58:02Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Publish-only-visible-Layers-in-a-Linked-Xref-drawing/m-p/305443#M38963 <P>As a continuation from my last post, I have also a problem with layers in a published DWG. Or to be more specific, when I publish a layout as a DWG with the Drawings as an xref (Place Drawing into: Linked Xref drawings).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Normally, the DWG Translator allows me to publish only the visible layers, but it does not seem to be affecting the drawings that are published as xrefs in a DWG. Not the external drawings, but the "internal" drawings from the same Archicad file. Archicad just publishes all the layers in these DWGs. The DWG with the Layout/Paper space has no problems stripping the unused/hidden layers.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is the only option to open each such "xref" DWG separately and manually purge unused layers or is there some hidden setting in the Translator that I've missed?</P> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:58:02 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Publish-only-visible-Layers-in-a-Linked-Xref-drawing/m-p/305443#M38963 martin-b 2021-09-09T12:58:02Z